Béla Zsitnik

Béla Zsitnik (17 December 1924 – 12 January 2019) was a Hungarian rower who competed in the 1948, 1952, and 1960 Summer Olympics.

Béla Zsitnik
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1948 London Coxed pair

Early life

He was born in Győr and is the father of Béla Zsitnik Jr. In 1948 he was a crew member of the Hungarian boat which won the bronze in the coxed pairs event. Four years later he was eliminated with the Hungarian boat in the semi-final repechage of the eight competition. At the 1960 Games he was part of the Hungarian boat which was eliminated in the repechage of the coxless four event.[1][2]

References

  1. Zsitnik Béla is elment! (in Hungarian)
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Béla Zsitnik Sr". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.


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